From newsrooms to NGOs; telling stories that matter. Comms I Global Health @DNDi New Delhi. Alum @htTweets @timesofindia @giz_gmbh @OxfamIndia @Allianceindia.
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Manisha Sharma retweeted
Plan to stay through Sunday, Nov. 22, for this year's ASTMH Annual Meeting -- you don’t want to miss the final day’s sessions and closing speakers. Learn more about our 2026 featured speakers at tinyurl.com/7vabctkx
Inviting journalists, photographers, and digital media influencers from across South Asia to apply for the 2026 cohort of the MSF-DNDi Media Fellowship, focusing on NTDs such as lymphatic filariasis (hathipaon), visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar), mycetoma, dengue, and snakebite.
Applications are now open for the 2026 cohort of the MSF Without Borders Media Fellowship.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) South Asia, in partnership with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (@DNDi), is inviting journalists, photographers, filmmakers, digital media influencers, and newsroom editors from across South Asia to submit proposals for the 2026 cohort of the Without Borders Media Fellowship.
The fellowship is designed to support humanitarian and health-related journalistic reporting and to use scientific storytelling to draw attention to emerging local and cross-border issues across the South Asia region.
1. MSF General Grant
Open to applicants across South Asia, with reporting proposals on themes including:
Tuberculosis, HIV, Health Impact of Climate Change, Women’s Health, Impact of Caste on Health, Health Misinformation, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Digital/Mobile Health, Access to Healthcare in Conflict Settings, Migration and Displacement/Refugees, and Mental Health.
2. MSF-DNDi Grant on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Focused on diseases such as lymphatic filariasis (hathipaon), visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar), mycetoma, dengue, and snakebite.
This category is only open to applicants from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Apply to join a fellowship that supports rigorous, compassionate, field-based reporting on some of the most urgent health and humanitarian issues in South Asia.
Apply now: msfsouthasia.org/without-bor…
#WithoutBordersMediaFellowship #MSF #PublicHealth #MediaFellowship
Manisha Sharma retweeted
“Underreporting and weak surveillance continue to cloud the true burden of NTDs,” said @sanjayssarin, our Asia continental lead, to @NatureInd. “Cases are often missed in exactly the places where disease risk is highest.”
Read more ⤵️
nature.com/articles/d44151-0…
Manisha Sharma retweeted
Less than 30% of Phase I trial participants are women. This is an issue, as this can lead to unsuitable drug dosages and put women's health at risk.
Insightful article by @JamwalNidhi, featuring insights from the recent DNDi’s InSciLead report.
kashmirtimes.com/opinion/com…
Thanks Nidhi for highlighting such an important and overlooked issue.
🧵 As a woman journalist, I was both shocked and angry while writing this piece on the dangerous medical gap that is putting women's health at risk! Imagine consuming wrong dose of medicine our entire life. Why?
Read my piece in @KashmirTimes_
shorturl.at/ziiCf
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Manisha Sharma retweeted
We welcome @sanjayssarin as Asia Continental Lead & South Asia Director.
A global health leader with 20+ years’ experience, he brings deep expertise in strategy, partnerships, & access, & will help strengthen our work across Asia & expand patient-centred innovation in the region.
Manisha Sharma retweeted
Crucial report from @WHO , highlighted by @thetribuneindia, a piece by @RichhariyaSneha. India bears 42% of the global NTD burden. The data is clear, more investment in R&D is the way forward. My thoughts on the power of strategic innovation are in the article.
@DNDi @itsmanisha
India bears 42% of the global #NTD burden, yet shows strong progress towards 2030 goals, says @WHO.
In a piece by @RichhariyaSneha, @stm_science (DNDi) highlights how sustained investment in research & innovation can transform treatment & drive elimination
tinyurl.com/5n6vjsyr
Manisha Sharma retweeted
India bears 42% of the global #NTD burden, yet shows strong progress towards 2030 goals, says @WHO.
In a piece by @RichhariyaSneha, @stm_science (DNDi) highlights how sustained investment in research & innovation can transform treatment & drive elimination
tinyurl.com/5n6vjsyr
Manisha Sharma retweeted
#Kalaazar has devastated South Asia's poorest communities for decades. But in 2005, India, Nepal & Bangladesh united behind a bold goal: eliminate the disease.
📽️20 years later, watch the powerful story of this regional effort▶️bit.ly/3Ld5kjP
@WHOSEARO @BMGFIndia #RC78
Manisha Sharma retweeted
How Serum Institute, DNDi tie-up for affordable antibody will bolster global fight against dengue
Sumi Sukanya Dutta @SumiSukanya reports
#ThePrintHealth
theprint.in/health/how-serum…
Manisha Sharma retweeted
🖋️We have signed a MoU with @SerumInstIndia to advance the development of a new treatment for #dengue.
The partnership is a key step toward addressing the urgent need for effective treatment in dengue-endemic countries. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4kFG0A1
@Visterra_Inc
Manisha Sharma retweeted
📢 Journalists in South Asia:
Apply for the #WithoutBordersMediaFellowship 2025 with @MSF_SouthAsia & @DNDi.
Calling storytellers to investigate how poverty, climate change, gender, and access barriers affect health in the region.
We are partnering with @MSF_SouthAsia for The #WithoutBordersMediaFellowship 2025 to spotlight on #NTDs & gender-responsive R&D. We're seeking storytellers from South Asia to explore how poverty, climate gender & access gaps shape health outcomes.
Apply: msfsouthasia.org/without-bor…
t's been a humbling experience while setting up this advisory committee over the past few months. This is a powerful step toward making research more inclusive, ethical, and grounded in the realities of those most affected. Grateful to be part of this shift.
🚀@DNDi launched its first Community Advisory Committee to address the challenges in drug development & treatment access faced by affected communities. Together, we discussed how to make clinical trials & informed consent more inclusive, culturally sensitive & easy to understand.
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Manisha Sharma retweeted
Yes, we still need feminism. Because gender equality is still 300 years away! Because despite the progress, women are not treated the same as men. And we will not be gaslit into believing that we are.
Happy Women’s Day! 💫
#InternationalWomensDay2025
#VantageOnFirstpost: International Women's Day, observed on March 8, highlights the ongoing fight for gender equality. Feminism, advocating for equal rights and opportunities for all, faces criticism from some who view it as harmful or a "war on men."
@palkisu tells you more.
